KMD 40-48
Text Information
- Siglum
- KMD 40-48
- Transliteration
-
ʾ----
ns¹lm
ʾns¹ḥ
hnʾ
s³ʿy
s²w{b}{n}
frdAhmad Al-Jallad - Translation
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ʾ----
may we be secure
ʾns¹ḥ
Hnʾ
S³ʿy
S²wbn
FrdAhmad Al-Jallad - Language and Script
- Dhofari 1a
Interpretation
- Commentary
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ns¹lm: This should be understood as a first person plural optative prefix conjugation, 'may we be safe, secure', best understood as a prayer.
ʾns¹ḥ: This is likely a personal name. The root ns¹ḥ is rare, but attested once as a name in Safaitic.
hnʾ: This is an extremely common Arabian name, corresponding to Arabic hāniʾ-. It is abundantly attested in the epigraphy of north and south Arabia.
s³ʿy: This name could derive from the root ṯʿy or s³ʿy. Both, however, are unattested in other corpora.
s²wbn: Perhaps a CaCCān pattern of the root s²wb, which in Arabic means 'to mix, blend'. It may correspond to the name s²bn, attested a number of times in Safaitic.
frd: A common Arabic name, farīd, well attested in ANA.
Ahmad Al-Jallad
- Editio Princeps
- Al-Shaḥrī and King 1993
- Field Collector
- G.M.H. King and A.A.M. Al-Shaḥrī
- Technique
- Painted
- Direction of Script
- Vertical columns right to left
- Al-Jallad, A. The Decipherment of the Dhofari Script: Three halḥam abecedaries and the first glimpses into the corpus. Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux (JEOL) 49, 2025d: 119-147
- Al-Shaḥrī, A.A.M. & King, G.M.H. The Dhofar Epigraphic Project. A Description of the Inscriptions recorded in 1991 and 1992. [Unpublished but available on http://www.ancientarabia.co.uk/ under "Projects"/"Dhofar epigraphic project".] 1993.
- Site
- Area D - Between the Wadi Arzat and Medinat al-Ḥaq roads, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
- Date Found
- 1991-1992
- Current Location
- In situ
- Subjects
- Name only, Prayer
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Updated
10 Oct, 2025
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Ahmad Al-Jallad
Cite this Site
Al-Jallad, Ahmad. 'KMD 40-48.' OCIANA. 10 Oct, 2025. https://ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions/45862. Accessed: 18 Jan, 2026.